Learn about the ladies that are determined to make this walk/run amazing & grant more wishes!The Gamma Kappa chapter of Chi Omega, women's largest fraternal organization, was found at Western Illinois University January 22, 1983 with 38 founding members. This year marking our 32nd anniversary!Since our founding, Gamma Kappa sisters have worked to fulfill the six purposes that Chi Omega stands on: Sisterhood, Scholarship, High Standards of Personnel, Career Development, Campus Activities, & Community Service. Community Service is a purpose that is supported in many ways throughout the year. Each woman participates in 15-30 service hours on average per semester in various service projects and in planning our philanthropic events such as Walk for Wishes and Swishes for Wishes. Last year each woman raised almost $200.00 for _Make-A-Wish®!Walk for Wishes is our newest event to help the community & the Make-A-Wish® Foundation!

Meet Kayla- A Wish kid and our former President!

Why is this event special to us? Not only is the Make-A-Wish Foundation® special to the whole chapter but we have an alumni that has personally experienced the joy wishes can make in a child's life. Kayla is a Wish kid alumni, and a former president of Gamma Kappa!When I was four years old I was given the best opportunity a child at that age could ask for, which was a vacation to Disney World! When I was three and a half years old I was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells. I had been fighting for a while and it was around that time that we got word I would be going to Disney World and my mother and father would be going with me. We received free flights, a place to stay, food, spending money, and even a free rental car to make it a no hassle vacation for me and my family! Not to mention the fact that we got the opportunity to travel around all of the parks for the days we were there, and they even gave us each $50 spending money every day. My family stayed at a child-friendly condominium where there was always something fun for our family to be doing together. "The best thing about this trip was that I spent my 5th birthday at Disney World, and I got to experience the magic of Disney!" Even though so many childhood experiences were taken away from me because of the illness, having my wish granted was a vacation away from it all and I will always be grateful for it. Soon thereafter my counts were finally looking better and I am now a healthy woman and proud sister of Chi Omega. The Make-A-Wish Foundation® will always have a special place in my heart!

Learn more about Gamma Kappa

Find out more about the Gamma Kappa women at WIU! We thank you for taking the time to look at our website and we hope that you can see how Chi Omega has positively influenced our lives. This is our home away from home and we are very proud to be a part of a sorority whose philanthropic focus is Make-A-Wish®. Go Chi O!

Learn More about Chi Omega Fraternity

Founded in 1895 at the University of Arkansas, Chi Omega is the largest women’s fraternal organization in the world with over 300,000 initiates and 174 collegiate chapters. Throughout Chi Omega’s long and proud history, the Fraternity has brought its members unequaled opportunities for personal growth and development. Want to know more about Chi Omega? Ever thought about joining Chi Omega? Please feel free to talk with a member at the walk!

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